1880
From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art
The Beggars is a 1880 by James McNeill Whistler, a Impressionism work, held at Cleveland Museum of Art.
This sketch shows a dimly lit hallway with rough stone walls and a wooden ceiling. Four figures stand inside: two women in long dresses, one holding a child, and two others farther back. Light spills from an open doorway at the end, revealing a shop or another room with shelves. The artist used deep shadows and stark contrasts to create mood. This style was common in late 19th-century art. Check out chiaroscuro to see how light and dark shapes tell a story.
James Abbott McNeill Whistler was an American painter in oils and watercolor, and printmaker, active during the American Gilded Age and based primarily in the United Kingdom.
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